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Show 5 H i vcivaow o ftccA.i. B Kjr Slln Terry, B TIio trnltorou'a net of Henedlct Arnold B la n dark event In llio history of tho lib- H crtyJovIngAmorlcnn people. Arnold hud B during the curlier pnrt of tlio H'nr of Hie B Kovohitioii.dUtliiKulalied himself nan B lrave soldier and nn nblu Kenornl in B tliu army of tlio pntrlote. Ho wns loved B mid pniiscd by Waahliititon nnd lionor- H cd by nil his countrymen but Ida char- R nctcr' ivus weak. IIj was ecKlsli, B Jealous, nnd revengeful. It. wua these HHB evil trniu that proved hla downfnll. HHb At,tho time when ollkora who Mood H below Arnold tvero promoted to ulncc H nbove him, discontent tncd in the B hcart'of tlio traitor, and while be held -fffffffffff mo command of I'liiliuleiphfa hi ex- B trnvannt modo of living nnd love for rovengo, tempted blm ton trcHSountilo H plc-t. It wna not tong after tbia until B lo made ktipnn, to Clinton, the Hi Huh Oommandcr-tu-cliiof, bis plot, alio that HI lie was dealroua of exchanging Ameri- S can Horvice for tint of Great ltrltian, H Wbllo holding the command of l'lilla- delplija, Arnold vrna tiled by n court BBH martial for preferring tlio fricudaiilp of B tlio Kngliah, Ho wna mildly sentenced B .-to bojoprininnded by Waalilngton but B the ovidunce which wna gnliieil Indicated H (hat mouths beforo this ho begun his B treasonable plot, H In 1780, tlio comnund at West Point B needed to bo changed. Acting secretly HBB - with Clinton and supported by New B ";ork .delegation hi Congress, Arnold, B pleading ills wounds ns nn excuse for H doclinlng active eurvlco recolved the B command of llila post. It was Ills H (Arnold's) deliberate inleiition to be- B tray (his important post Into the hands B of Clinton, who now entered with nil his PfB soul Into the plot, bolievlng tlio fall of H West 1'oliU would bo tho turning point BPB PPB After a correspondence of two months PpH between Arnold nnd tho UoniinnndcrT PpH in-Clilef Clinton through Major Andre, PpH adjutant general to Clinton, tlio plans PPB were made niul everything was in B rendlnesaJor. the betrayal of WcbI PPB BBB Tlmo jireHod on, but ncv. opportunity BBBB seemed to afford Ittolf for the exocutlon BBBBB of the plan. Finally on tho evening of BBBBB lHtli of August. Arnold .vns informed BBBBB that Wnslilnulon would bo hla guest nl BBBBB Wcst Point on tho following Bunday BBBBM night. Fearing that Washington BBBBB might discover his plot, Arnold ininiedl- BBBBB ntoly informed Andre to eonio to the H "Vulture," the lirltlst ship of war, BBBBB whero ho would secretly meet him nnd BBBBB nrrango fur the immediate .attack of B West 1'oint. Andre, taking his lifu in BBBBBj liis own hands, meets Arnold at tho BBBBBj appointed place. Here Arnold provides BBBBBJ Andre with n Hag of truce also u pats BBBBBk and then Informs him to luako rapid BBBBB liasto to tho IlritUh rauku at Nutv York. BBBBBJ Wbllo Andro was ntteniptlng to make BBBBBJ hla way to New York, he was captured BBBBBJ ntTarrylown by three mllltianiou who BBBHB linpponed to see him passing along the BBBBBB roadi They became rather auspicious BBBHB of bis manner and dress and commanded BBBBBB him to halt. Andro became veiy much BBBBBB agitated and soon betrayed himself by BBBBBB offering his enpturers moiioy if they BBBBBB would not detain him; but these men BBBBBB were zealous patriots and haled bribes. BBBBBB They led their prisoner lito a cluster of BBBBBB bushes near the road and searched him, BBBBBB-. ilndlugjlie plans of Arnold In tho bot- BBBBBB' lorn of Andre's stockings. Andre was BBBBBB' taken to North Oastlo nnd turned over BBBBBB- to General Jameson as a spy. BBBBBB- Arnold was notified of Andre's cap BBBBBB i ' ture by the stupidity of an ufllcer who B thought the arrest important but little BBBBBB thinking that Arnold took part in Hie BBBBBB transaction. As soon ns ho learned of BBBBBB Andre's capturo, ho mounted his horse R and hastened to ttiu British ranks at BBHBBJ New York, whore hu was received and BBBBBBj became Urigadler (iuuernllii their tinny v H As soon as Washington una, Jufotmed BBBBBBJ of Arnold's treneheroiM net', he promptly BBBBBBJ devised a plan to secure tho traitor's, BBBBBBJ immediate capture soleclliuV "Jolni BBBBBBJi Champe, tlio sergeant major Rf Henry BBBBBBJ I Leu's cavalry, for this purpose. The BBBBHBi plnu was that Champa should pretend to BBBBBBF desert tin) Americana and jun tho llilt- BBBBBBBi ith in Now York, secure n position near SSSSSSB BBBBBB- Arnold, cbservu bis habits nnd watcll BBBBBBBr for an opportunity to capture htm B Champe. after being followed by ollleers BBBBBBB' of the American army escaped them nnd BBBBBBB Joined Arnold's legion and soon pio- BBBBBBB. vlded a plan for bin capturo. Arnold BBBBBBB was in the habit of walking in bin gar BBBBBBJ don about midnight. iLwas lle plan of pFaPtV1VlB' Champe with tho nbtltnncn ujr nuuthcr HHB man to conceal tbeinielvcti in Arnold's BBBBBBJ garden at midnight, capturo him, place BjBBBJ n gag in hla mouth and carry him away , bVsiHb BhBhBTiubVk r through the back nMeys of the city to ihe rlvrr, reproseullng blm na n di unkeu aoldlcr whom thpy were conveying lo tho gunrd-houso. lliey would tlici row to Jersey shore, and turn li'in ovci to"Lee. This plhii hilled. On tho daj preceding the night fixed upon for the execution of tlio plan Arnold had removed re-moved his headquarters lo command an expedition to the south ngnlnsl Virginia. Instead of Champo crossing the Hudson that night with Arnold n bis prisoner, lie found hlmaolf on bo,ard a Orllisli transport, wltb Arnold ns bis cdinuiAuder. Anmld's expedition against Virginia woll illustrates the low degrading character he had. lie wlth'IUOO men marched Into tho city df Richmond, destroyed de-stroyed properly, nnd almost burned this beautiful city to the ground. He Utile regarded tho lives of human beings, be-ings, marching with uplifted head nnd drawn sword mnssacrelug mothers, and little Innocent children. After tho close of tho war Arnold went to England' and lived about twenty yenrf, sbuned nnddesplsod by everyone. Arnolds treachery stands by itself In the abiinld of history of all time, us a grcal warning to mankind against recklew selllshuess, Immoral extravagance, nnd total toss of upright morpl character, - - |